Here is a list of 5 possible programs. I compiled this list simply by calling various educators and asking questions. If you know of other programs that we should take a look at, please let me know.
Tetra Data by Follett
Performance Pathways
Comprehensive Data Analysis (CDA) from IU 3 - this is the program that IU 15 supports
On Hands Learning
4sight has a program within it....i don't know much about it
Let's begin by each of us taking a few moments to think about the possibilities/questions a warehouse will bring.If you don't mind, I'd like to use a WIKI so that we can all update the document without one person needing to put all the responses together.
If we had a data warehouse program, how...
If we had a data warehouse program, what...
If we had a data warehouse program we could...
could it help improve student learning?
current data programs that we have would it not be able to pull from?
put all our data in one place
would it interface w/our existing system(s)?
data do we want it to contain..report card grades, pssa performance levels, aimsweb, study island, DRA's, quarterly benchmark assessments, ..?
provide the ability for teachers & administrators to access real-time data on every student.
often is data updated or is it real-time data?
professional development is needed and is it included with the purchase of the program?
use data to inform our decisions regarding instructional programming
type of data analysis options comes with it?
Assist psychologists with data for Child Study meetings and Evaluation Reports
technical support is provided and when?
Assist with data needed for grants, awards, etc.
is the district and/or per pupil cost
What level of security does the system have?
Trish Goodyear, Steph Gladfelter, & Jeff C. - Performance Pathways
March 9, 2009 at 12noon in DO board room
SIF Certified
currently in 150 PA school districts and 600 school districts nation wide
performance tracker and assessment builder are two main products, also have tech paths
can pull data from multiple sources: DRA, Dibels, 4sight, Aimsweb, Study Island, CSIU, DRC, ..
$11 per student($5 for perf tracker and $ 3 for assessment builder and #3 for tech paths) in year 1 and $6 per student($2 for perf tracker and $1 for assessment builder and $3 for tech paths) in years 2, 3,...
$6000 start up costs - year 1 only
staff training for perf tracker and assessment builder is $2250 per session year 1 only
staff training for tech paths is additional $2250 per session – year 1 only
teachers need 1 day of training , admin needs 2 days
IEP and Gifted is $7.50 per student, $1500 set up fee
10000 items aligned to anchors to be used for local benchmarks
we can administer the 4sight benchmarks through the "assessment builder" part of program
they house warehouse
appox. 4 weeks to get up performance tracker part of program up and running and running
Perf Path Meets with Dist Ldshp Team
Pick Data to be in initial upload
Perf Path uploads that data
Perf Path meets with Dist Ldshp Team to learn how to use perf tracker
query options are preset and are "point & click" method for report options
Backed by Sun Guard-Fort 500
we call them when we want data uploads
they pull PSSA data from DRC
Craig Smith - Follett Software Company - TetraData Analysis Solutions
March 16, 2009 at 2:30 in DO board room
Tetra charges us less (approx. $10 per student per year) if we allow them to host data warehouse (Texas) - b/c customer support is easier for them when they host
Other savings for us if tetra hosts, we don't have to purchase equipment/server/hard drive space,.we would not have to back up data.. plus tetra's IT dept can handle many of issues from host site saving our tech guys from doing work
tetra data system would communicate with our various systems: CSIU, Study Island, AimsWeb, PVASS, SIS and whatever other programs we want it to pull information from
We can pre program varied upload schedules for various data sets-for example-our SIS would be updated nightly while our students pssa scores would be updated in the summer each year and then fall for gr. 12 retakes, etc...
Dashboard Product - query options are preset -for teacher use
Analyzer Product - allows you to create own query and offers more in depth data -for administration use
Dashboard and Analyzer products are now offered together
TetraData does all project management, set-up, professional development (multiple sessions)
If we were to decide to go with tetra data the estimated time to set-up system, train staff, etc.. is 3-6 months
Comprehensive Data Analysis (CDA)-Sue Voigt from CAIU
March 24th at 2pm in the DO
Developed by Alleghany Intermediate Unit #3
Prevalent in Western PA
IU # 3 has contracted with CAIU to provide training, do demos, and give tech support to districts
On Hand Schools - Gilbert Iacono
March 26th at 1:30pm in the DO
warehouse data on site or at IU 1, 4, 21, 28 or 7
72 school districts in PA use it w/15 more coming on board this year
does have districts using CSIU
Two components: Data Warehouse and Curriculum
SIF compliant
Use a subcommittee formed by members of user districts-this subcommittee makes program change recommendations
$6.25 per student if buy both packages with no initial fee if sign for 3 or more years
$7500 set-up fee if we don't sign 3 year or more contract
2 days of training sessions are included in the above per student price
Uses train the trainer model
tech support availalbe 7:30am-4pm M-F
uploads data 2 x per day
has two upload features- a universal for all standardized data sources and another component for unique district data sources
teacher training is one 90 minute session and admin training is one 4 hour session
point and click for teachers-keyboard rarely needed
3-4 weeks to be operational
templates available for curric maps, unit maps, lesson plans or we can upload our current maps
the fields can be changed on their curric and lesson plan templates
PSSA from DRC
Can run scope and sequence reports for curriculum to tell us where, when, and how often we are teacing various standards
has a resource bank shared by teachers of all districts
http://www.follettsoftware.com/
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/technology/datawarehouse.shtm
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22679
http://www.electronic-school.com/199909/0999f1.html
Click on links below to download prsentation templates:
Perf Path Presentation.doc
Tetra Data Presentation.doc
Comp Data Anal Prsentation.doc
On Hand Schools2 Presentation.doc
What is the purpose for the Data Warehouse Committee?
The general purpose is to find a program that will consolidate our data from various sources in a clean, accurate, and timely manner.
Here is a list of 5 possible programs. I compiled this list simply by calling various educators and asking questions. If you know of other programs that we should take a look at, please let me know.
- Tetra Data by Follett
- Performance Pathways
- Comprehensive Data Analysis (CDA) from IU 3 - this is the program that IU 15 supports
- On Hands Learning
- 4sight has a program within it....i don't know much about it
Let's begin by each of us taking a few moments to think about the possibilities/questions a warehouse will bring.If you don't mind, I'd like to use a WIKI so that we can all update the document without one person needing to put all the responses together.Trish Goodyear, Steph Gladfelter, & Jeff C. - Performance Pathways
Craig Smith - Follett Software Company - TetraData Analysis Solutions
Comprehensive Data Analysis (CDA)-Sue Voigt from CAIU
On Hand Schools - Gilbert Iacono